Cooking utensil with hinged and removable lid



June 21. 1921. 1,633,494

E. NEUMANN COOKING UTENSIL WITH HINGED AND REMOVABLE LID Filed July 8,1926 72 MZZ manua- June 21, 1927.,

'* UNITED S ATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Application flied July 8, 1826, serial R0. 121,185 and in GermanyFebruary 18, 1826.

This invention relates to a cooking utensil with a hinged removable lid,which according to vthe invention is connected with the vessel by ajoint, which is permanently united to one member (the lid or the vessel)and is connected with the other member (the vessel-or the lid) in themanner of an electrical plug contact, so as to be readily releasable.The most important dilierence between this new. arrangement and knowncoq'iking utensils of this kind consists in the l'act that in the caseof the latter the pivotal joint is only'produccd by the unionof lid andvessel, whereas in the case oi. the present invention the pivotal jointitself cannot be taken to pieces. By thism'eans the ii-ksome assemblingof the members of the joint, which for the most part has to be cii'ectedwhen they are hot, is rendered unnecessary. This is of advantage becausethe users at such vessels are almost always womenwho are not muchaccustomed to the assembling of mechanical parts.

One construction of the invention serving as an example is illustratedin perspective inthe accompanying drawing with the lid liltcd oil".

The vessel (1-, orone of its handles 1), carriesa sleeve or socket c,which may be integral with the handle I). \Vith the lid of pcrn'iunentlyconnected a pivotal joint one member of which forms a spike or plugcapable of being introduced into the plug socket aim the manner of anelectrical plug contact. The other member 9 of the joint forms abcll-cranklever /L, which may comprise an insulated handle. Furthermorethe lid may be provided with an ordinal-y handle z.

Such a joint e holds the lidfirmly and reliably to the vessel duringmanipulation and enables the emptying and filling of the vessel to beeffected without taking away the lid. The lid can however still beseparated from the vessel as hitherto by simply lifting it ofi. Anessential point however is the fact thatthe lid, as is evident from thedrawing, can be pivotally connected with the vessel by simply placing itthereon without touching the joint members e, f' or c. 1

The joint e should be so dimensioned that the under draining rim d ofthe erected 11d is located above the pot a.

The sleeve c may also be provided on the second handle 6. The combiningof the sleeve socket c or of the two sleeves c with the pot handles I),which would in any case be required, simplifies and cheapens themanufacture. It is preferable to give the sleeve 1) and the spike f aconical or tapered form, because the assembling of the parts is therebyfacilitated.

Instead ofthe single spike f a forked or U--sha ed spike may beprovided, for which two p ug sleeves c are--provided, wl\ich areeither-separate or uuitedto form a single piece.

What I claim is 1. In a cooking utensil, a receiving member, a lidmember, means for hingedly and removably connecting the members togethercomprising a closed socket connected with one of said members,.a plugpivotally connected tothe other of said members for snug engagement withthe socket, and the socket having its walls surrounding the outer engaging surface of the plug, substantially as and. for the purposes setforth.

2. A cooking utensil including in com hination, a vessel, a lid, :1closed socket on the vessel adjacent the upper edge thereof, a plugpivotally connected to the lid and adapted to be removably arrangedconcentrically'within and inirictional engagement with the walls 01 thesocket.

3. A cooking utensil including in combination, a receiving vessel,handles rising from opposite sides thereof, a lid, a closed socketcarried on the outer wall of the vessel adjacent one of the handles, atwo part member mounted on the lidincluding a handle part rigid with thelid, a plug pivotally connected to the handle part and adapted to besnugly and frictionally engaged with the socket, the handle part being1positioned in proximity to the handle on t e vessel to facilitateraising of the lid, and the socket having Walls surrounding the outersurface of the plug, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

EWALD NEUMANN.

